Friday, August 21, 2015

The protest paradigm revisited

Did the No. 3 story at the Fair 'n' Balanced Network on Thursday evening look familiar?A crowd gathered Wednesday evening to protest the shooting of an armed
suspect by Missouri cops, but no mention was made of the 9-year-old girl
who had been shot dead by an unknown assailant just seven miles away
the night before.

Given the ways that news organizations structure their reward systems, you have to wonder: Do you get to park next to Roger Ailes's space for a week if you're the first Fox staffer to find a case that those angry black people ought to be spending their energy on instead?